Carrajung Lower crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Carrajung Lower is a suburb in the Latrobe council area of Victoria (about 79,112 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 85 out of 100 (very high), 14th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (79th percentile), sexual offences (97th percentile), break-ins (85th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 88.
In 2024-25: violent 2,864 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); property 7,913 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,059 per 100,000 (-36% vs five years earlier); theft 4,066 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 2nd of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Latrobe council area is 6.6% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.7% of occupied homes (1,185 public and 253 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 396 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 51.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 13.9% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 7.4% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 4.3% of homes; about 50.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.1% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
Victoria publishes crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Carrajung Lower are those of the Latrobe council area.
Figures are for 2024-25, the latest year Victoria has published; some other states have released 2025-26.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,864 | 2,266 | +27% |
| Property | 7,913 | 6,260 | -5% |
| Break-ins | 1,059 | 838 | -36% |
| Theft | 4,066 | 3,217 | +4% |
Latrobe council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3844: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Carrajung Lower safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Carrajung Lower is in the Latrobe council area, which recorded 2,860 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, 2.7 times the Victoria rate (1,060) and 2.4 times the national rate (1,220). These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
Nearby suburbs
Boolarra · Boolarra South · Budgeree · Callignee · Callignee North · Callignee South · Carrajung · Churchill · Driffield · Flynns Creek · Grand Ridge · Hazelwood · Hazelwood North · Hazelwood South · Jeeralang · Jeeralang Junction · Johnstones Hill · Jumbuk · Loy Yang · Maryvale · Morwell · Mount Tassie · Traralgon East · Traralgon South · Yinnar · Yinnar South
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